The Peri Peri (also known as African Bird's Eye Pepper) Whether you call it peri-peri, piri-piri or pili-pili, one
thing’s for sure—this is one hot pepper. Its real name is the African
bird’s eye chili. Portuguese explorers in southern Africa were
introduced to this fiery chili pepper, for which the Swahili word is
“pili-pili.”
The settlers tried in vain to pronounce the foreign word, but
“peri-peri” is what rolled off their tongues, and the name stuck. The
pepper ranges from one half to one inch in length and tapers at a blunt
point. Green means immature and bright red means ready to use. The
small package packs a mighty punch with a 175,000 rating on the
Scoville scale (which measures the hotness of chili peppers). The chili
is most commonly used in a sauce, combined with other spices and
seasonings. |
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